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It’s true.  Trust me, the decision wasn’t an easy one.  After many years of loyalty and, yes, devotion, my belief system has changed.  I’ve made a move and I don’t think there’s any going back.  Yes, I have converted.

Good-bye Palm Treo, hello Blackberry!  I was one of the original Palm Treo Realtors.  When it first came out, it completely changed how I did business.  It allowed me to be a truly mobile agent.  Everything from emails to listings, my Palm Treo could do it all.  Unfortunately, all that mobility ability came at a heavy price.  The Treo is notorious for crashing…freezing…or otherwise frustrating the user to no end.  Model after model came out and model after model had bugs…kinks…issues.  Just six weeks ago I bought the latest model; the Palm Treo 755p.  It was brilliant.  Slighly smaller than the original.  No annoying antenna poking out.  Nice touch screen.  The 755p finally allowed me to surf the web at acceptable speeds.  All my problems were solved. 

Well, accept that they weren’t.  After only the third week, my 755p went into what I lovingly call a Death Spiral.  It would freeze and when I attempted a reboot it would simply go to the initial boot screen, then the second one and then spiral through the two screens continuously.  It was awful.  The only “cure” was a hard reset which, unfortunately, erased EVERYTHING and set it back to the factory default.  What a nuisance.  But hey, at least I could just sync it with my laptop and I’d get everything back.  Well, not really everything.  What was amazing was that I’d grown so used to Palm hiccups, I was ready to just accept this issue and keep re-syncing it every week.  Two days ago, though, the Death Spiral became a true Death Spiral.  There was no fix.  No hard reset.  Nothing.  What was I to do?

My friendly neighborhood Verizon store was all too happy to replace my Treo, but the warranty replacement would take a few days.  I’m in real estate, I can’t be without my phone for three days…sad as that sounds.  The man helping me was wearing a really cool looking Blackberry on his belt.  I asked about it.  One thing led to another and next thing I know, I’ve exchanged my now dormant Treo for a sparkling new Blackberry Pearl.  Wow!  What a difference.

Yeah, there’s a learning curve and there are a few features I miss, but overall the Blackberry is far superior.  My understanding is that it simply will not crash.  No wonder the term Crackberry exists.  You won’t find many people so addicted to the Treo. 

So I’ve left the hustle and bustle of Treo-land and have entered the calm, tranquil waters of the Blackberry.

Exit frustration.

Enter mobile nirvana.

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